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Microwave Oscillations of a Nanomagnet Driven by a Spin-Polarized Current
We describe direct electrical measurements of microwave-frequency dynamics in
individual nanomagnets that are driven by spin transfer from a DC
spin-polarized current. We map out the dynamical stability diagram as a
function of current and magnetic field, and we show that spin transfer can
produce several different types of magnetic excitations, including small-angle
precession, a more complicated large-angle motion, and a high-current state
that generates little microwave signal. The large-angle mode can produce a
significant emission of microwave energy, as large as 40 times the
Johnson-noise background.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure